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Mythology & Putti

    AFTER UGO DA CARPI (C. 1480-1532)

    Aeneas and Anchises

    dated 1518

    Chiaroscuro woodcut, from four blocks | 50.2 x 36.4 cm (actual print) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851724

    A copy of a chiaroscuro woodcut by Ugo da Carpi (RCIN 851723: after a design by Raphael). Printed from four blocks. Lettered within image with date and privilege from Pope Leo X. Laid down on a sheet with pencil annotations. Partially trimmed along the right edge. Not listed in Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876).

    • Creator(s)

      After Ugo da Carpi (c. 1480-1532) (wood cutter)

      After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    • 50.2 x 36.4 cm (actual print) (sheet of paper)

      51.8 x 34.8 cm (backing paper) (sheet of paper)

    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)

    • Subject(s)
      • Language, Linguistics and Literature
        • Literature
          • Fiction
            • Tales & legends
              • Myths
      • Religion & Theology
        • Religions and faiths
          • Religions of antiquity
            • Classical mythology
              • Aeneas
              • Anchises
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • prints
    • Other number(s)

      Ruland p.130 C.XVIII.2a(add)

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